Motorist&#39;s eye shield



Dec. 24, 1929. 1 w. MAGEE 1,741,061

MOTORISTS EYE SHIELD Filed Jan. 24, 1929 a 7' TO RN Ex),

Patented Dec. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK WILLIAM MAGEE, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THOMAS \VILLIAM BAKER, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA MOTOBISTS EYE SHIELD Application filed January 24, 1929.

My invention relates to improvements in motorists eye shields, and the object of the invention is to devise a shield which may be conveniently worn by any person without the necessity of wearing a hatto hold the shade in place, and therefore such a shield as can be worn readily by a lady driver or by a man driver who does not wish to wear a hat, also to devise means for supporting the shield which will not interfere with the simultaneous wearing of an ordinary pair of spectacles, and to devise a device which may be readily adjusted by an unskilled person to fit any wearer, and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. l is a side elevation of my shield shown applied to a wearer. I n Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective vlew of the main portion of my shield.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the centre of the shield.

Fig. 4- is a sectional view on line 4.-d Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 55 Fig. 2.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates the body of the shield which is provided with a cut away port-ion 1 formed in its lower right hand corner and with a series of fine perforations or pin holes extending adjacent and parallel to the lower edge of the shield in proximity to its opposite end as indicated at 1. The upper edge of the shield body is bent over upon itself as indicated at 2. such bent over portion being provided with a central slot 2*. 3 and 4 are split sleeves formed integral with the body of the shield, the free portion of the sleeve being extended as indicated at 3 to bear against the inner face of the shield and to be adjusta-bly secured thereto by a small bolt 5.

6 are arms provided at their free ends with bent portions 6* designed to pass to the back of the ear in a similar manner to the ordinary spectacle arms, and provided at their opposite ends with right angularly turned portions 7 turnably fitting within the sleeves 3 or i and having the extremi y thereof turned horizontally as indicated at 7*. By

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this means the arms 6 are turnably held with in the sleeves 3 and 4 supported therein by the turned portion 7*.

The bolt 5 may be tightened by means of its nut 5* so that the sleeve 3 or at may be adjusted to more or less frictionally grip the right angularly turned portion 7 of each of the arms 6 so that such arms will be held firmly in any position to which they may be adjusted, and yet will be free to move so as to fit upon the wearer.

8 are adjustable stop plates which fit against the outer face of the shield and are provided with longitudinal slots 8*. The outer end of the plate 8 is preferably bent slightly outward as indicated at 8, the end edge of such outwardly turned portion hearing against the out turned portion 7* of each spectacle arm.

By this means the outward movement of the spectacle arms may be limited so that the distance between the arms correspond to the Width of the wearers head and are prevented from swinging outward any farther and yet will be free to swing inward to a folded position against the body of the eye shield for the purpose of being placed in a pocket or case.

9 is a nose rest which is formed of a strip of thin resilient yet bendable metal. The upper end of the strip extends through the slot 2 of the shield body and is provided with a plurality of holes 2. the strip being preferably reduced in width towards its lower end as indicated at 9 and provided with lateral extensions 9 which may be bent into an arched form to any desired position to fit the nose of the wearer. The strip 9 may also be bent to any desired position at the point 10 accord ing to the distance it is desired that the eye shield is spaced from the nose of the wearer, and such strip may also be bent at the point 11 so that the portions 9 forming the arch extending transversely of the nose may be adjusted to fit the shape of the nose.

12 is a bolt by which the strip 9 is secured in position and may pass through either of the holes 2 according to the position the nose rest is to bear upon the nose of the wearer. If the wearer is wearing spectacles the nose restwill have to bear upon the nose at a lower point to allow space for the spectacles and would necessarily have to be longer. This is allowed for by passing the bolt through the upper hole 2. 7

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a motorists eye shield which may be worn by any person who does not wish to wear a hat and by any person who at the same time desires to Wear an ordinary pair of spectacles, the support formed by the strip 9 and arch portions 9 supporting the shield upon the nose clear of the ordinary spectacles,

and yet may be readily adjusted to suit the wearer if he does not wear spectacles. At the same time I have devised a device which may be readily adjusted by any unskilled person and therefore the dealer does not require to carry any extra stock owing to diiferent shapes of noses asdoes an Optician.

In the applicants device all that has to be done to produce a desired fit is to bend the I arms 9 to suit any size of nose and this adj ustment' may be changed at any desired time by any unskilled person if change of adjustment is found desirable.

I further devise a simple device by which the supporting arms may be held firmly in place to suit the width of the wearers head, and yet permit such arms to be swung freely inward to the folded position whenever desired.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a motorists eye shield, the combination with a shield body having a turned over upper edge provided wit-h a slit opening centrally of its length, of a nose piece comprising a strip of bendable resilient metal adapted to pass at its upper end through the slit opening and having a plurality of perforations adjacent its upper end, and laterally extending rectangular wing members extending from the lower end adapted to be bent to fit each side of the nose of the wearer, such members being adaptable to be bent on a transverse line at the point adjacent the aforesaid perforation, and at a point adjacent the lateral extensions, and a bolt extending through the shield body through one or other of the aforesaid perforations and adj ustably securing the nose piece in position.

FREDERICK WILLIAM MAGEE. 

